Accountability

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Today is Friday!!!! Which means I have to tell you how well I followed through this week!! And ladies I'm excited!!! Well....about one thing at least. haha.

Here were my goals from Sunday:
 (remember I'm doing it Saturday to Friday now so I really started Saturday)

1. Work out at least 4 days including one day of cardio. (I know one day isn't a lot but I hate HATE cardio so start slow) I already got one good workout in yesterday and I know I will be getting in another tomorrow. That covers 2 days already which only leaves me two more. Totally doable. 

2. Get in 4 solid days of good water intake drinking at least a half gallon a day. I did this already once before so I know I can do it again. I find it so much harder to drink that water at home. There are so many more tastier options. I'm only at school 4 days this week so once again I'm setting a goal I know I can attain. Maybe I'll try for some days at home next week.

3. Eat a pre-planned or at least healthy meal for at least 2 meals per day. I've already planned out the dinners, but I know something will happen to where I don't actually make dinner. It always does. We've got 3 solid days already planned worth of healthy dinners. I hope I can get to them!!

4. Eat healthy snacks, and don't overeat them. I love "pops" (mini rice cakes cheddar cheese flavor). But the problem is I could literally eat the entire bag in one sitting. So....I need to pre package them I think. The problem that every time Mike has a day off we use the night to go in the theater and watch movies or catch up on tv shows. And....we take snacks up there with us. Usually gummy bears and pops. I think if I have a baggie full rather than the entire bag, it could definitely be a little healthier. I also want to get some pineapple, bananas, cucumbers, carrots, etc. and make a healthy greek yogurt ranch dip instead of ranch dressing. I love veggies and ranch dip so it would be a healthier option.

And here is how I did!!!
#1. I will just have you know that I did not workout 4 days this week. I worked out 6 baby!!! That's right. 6 damn days!! In the snow!! And one of those days I was hungover and tired, but I did it!! Now, unfortunately one of those days was not cardio. haha. Told you I h.a.t.e. cardio. But I mean I worked out 2 extra days!! Chum on Cletus! (update: clearly I wrote this the night before and had full intentions of going to the gym today, but I didn't make it. So 5 days. But still better than 4!!

#2. BIG FAT FAIL!! I actually didn't get in even one good day of water intake. We had off school literally all week because of the snow. I never drink as much as I should when I'm at home let alone that it be water. There are too many other options!! Maybe next week.

#3. FAIL! Once again, being home all week sucks for my diet. I literally planned the entire set of meals this week. I always have a healthy lunch. I usually make tilapia and rice or shrimp and rice. But, being home, and especially in the snow, makes me want everything unhealthy. And Wednesday I had an all time low. I told Mike I wanted to hit up happy hour. We usually just get wings which is bad enough, but this week we ordered loaded fries, wings, and then ate half of our friends deep fried jalapeno check dip. Ugh. makes me sick just thinking about it. (not really, it makes me hungry...)

#4. I actually think I did pretty well with this. I didn't prepackage my "pops" but I did only buy the small bag and I didn't finish the whole thing. I'm so in love with them, though. But, I also went and bought a pineapple and some cucumbers to snack on, too!! So, I wouldn't call this a fail, but I wouldn't necessarily say I did what I had intended to.

OK, so my goals for this week are:

#1. Continue to try to get at least 4 days of working out in. Since I won't be home as much this week it might be a true test of whether or not this goal is attainable for normal weeks. And, again, one day of cardio. I'm going to do this this week. I promise. I hope......

#2. 5 days of good water intake. Half gallon or more. I really think I can do this this time.

#3. 3 nights of healthy meals. I have a Pinterest board called "Gettin Right" where I have a ton of recipes and workouts and all that. Tomorrow, I'll sit down with Mike and we can choose three of them. Then, he can choose whatever else he might want this week. I like him to think he has a say in it. It helps him be a little more agreeable. lol. I'm going to do the premade lunches so that's easy, and hard boiled eggs for breakfast. Hopefully I can fit in a few snacks at work, too.

Alright chicks!! Your turn!! What are your goals this week??

Goals for the week!!

Last week I did a pretty crappy job of following through. I hope I can do a little better this week. I think I'm going to set my sights kinda low though because I want to be able to get back on track. I think when I set my goals so high, like working out every day, and then I fail for 2 days, I just kinda say screw it and don't do anything. Maybe this way I won't feel as bad.

I'm also going to start doing my goals from Friday to Friday. I think it's so much easier to get to the gym on the weekends and I want to be able to give myself credit for that. You know, toot my own horn a little. haha.

Goals for this week:

1. Work out at least 4 days including one day of cardio. (I know one day isn't a lot but I hate HATE cardio so start slow) I already got one good workout in yesterday and I know I will be getting in another tomorrow. That covers 2 days already which only leaves me two more. Totally doable. 

2. Get in 4 solid days of good water intake drinking at least a half gallon a day. I did this already once before so I know I can do it again. I find it so much harder to drink that water at home. There are so many more tastier options. I'm only at school 4 days this week so once again I'm setting a goal I know I can attain. Maybe I'll try for some days at home next week.

3. Eat a pre-planned or at least healthy meal for at least 2 meals per day. I've already planned out the dinners, but I know something will happen to where I don't actually make dinner. It always does. We've got 3 solid days already planned worth of healthy dinners. I hope I can get to them!!

4. Eat healthy snacks, and don't overeat them. I love "pops" (mini rice cakes cheddar cheese flavor). But the problem is I could literally eat the entire bag in one sitting. So....I need to pre package them I think. The problem that every time Mike has a day off we use the night to go in the theater and watch movies or catch up on tv shows. And....we take snacks up there with us. Usually gummy bears and pops. I think if I have a baggie full rather than the entire bag, it could definitely be a little healthier. I also want to get some pineapple, bananas, cucumbers, carrots, etc. and make a healthy greek yogurt ranch dip instead of ranch dressing. I love veggies and ranch dip so it would be a healthier option.

Alright. Cross your fingers. I want to actually succeed with this this week. haha. This is a pic from 2007. Notice the flat belly. I'm gonna get back there.

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Follow Through Friday!!

It's Follow Through Friday!!!! If you don't know about it, click on the button at the top and you'll find out all about it. And thank God, too, because lord knows I need something constant to keep my on my goals.

So I'm doing okay this week. I wouldn't say I'm doing great but it's Friday so I have one more day to make myself feel better about it. lol. 

On Sunday I came up with a few goals for this week. I wanted to make sure I had something to hold me accountable. If you don't remember these were the goals...

#1. T-25 for 6 days unless I do 2 workouts on Friday and then T-25 for 5 days.
#2. Drink at least a half gallon of water a day. I know you're supposed to drink a gallon but honestly, water and I don't really like each other. It has to be cold for me to drink it and I don't have a lot of pee breaks throughout the day so I have to limit myself. I think I need to build myself up and figure how to get in that much water while I teach.
#3. Plan ahead 3 healthy dinners. I would love to do more than that but eating healthy is so expensive!! And...Mike likes to cook, too, so...I can't take that away from him. :) And, if they turn out good, I'll be sharing them for Taste of Tuesdays!!

And...here is where I am with my progress...

#1. I did T25 on Monday. I was NOT successful. I also have not done it since. lol. But I did go to the gym on Tuesday and Wednesday. Yesterday I took my rest day because I'm going to be working my butt off Saturday morning with one of my friends and her cousin. She does all the awesome exercise classes that I have wanted to attend so I'm doooiiinnn it!!! So....kinda successful??

#2. Well...Monday I forgot my water bottle and, although I didn't win Val's giveaway, I found my half gallon water bottle so I can keep track of how much I'm drinking. But......I've drank a half gallon or more since Tuesday!! I honestly did not think I could do this. I'm not a big water drinker, but I'm proud of myself and could even up it if I wanted. Although, I don't think I'll be able to because I've about peed myself many times over the week when I can't get a break between classes.

#3. So................the "plan ahead" thing worked, but.......we didn't actually make the healthy dinners. I'm doing one tonight, though!! But I'm not sure it's honestly that healthy unless I put it into the recipe thingy on that website and find out. Monday Mike wanted burgers (but I only ate half), Tuesday we sucked and had Chinese, Wednesday we went to Mike's mom's which is something I can't give up because she is an amazing cook, and last night we made Cubans with the leftover pretzel bread from Monday.....tonight I'm going to attempt to make healthy ziti. Cross ya fingas!!

So, honestly I don't know how I did. I didn't meet my goals, but I did okkkkkk???? Maybe next week will be better. I'll update on the rest of my success (see...staying positive) on Sunday!!

Peace chicks!

Win some, Lose some...

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So, while I knew this journey wasn't going to be easy, I should have realized that starting it during the holidays would just set me up for failure.

As I mentioned, T25 and I haven't seen each other for 3 weeks. Except for Monday. I tried to do the Whole Body Circuit on Monday and failed miserably. I was out of breath within the first 5 minutes and just could not catch myself back up. I tried following the moderator and taking a few short 5 second breaks, but I couldn't get myself back into it. It didn't help that I truthfully didn't feel like doing it in the first place and had been dreading it all day. I think my mindset was just totally not into it. But, thanks to my amazing blog community I got so many encouraging words when I posted this pic and told everyone of my failure...I was truly bummed and your encouragement made me feel awesome.

I haven't decided whether I'm going to continue on with the entire program. I think I kinda knew at the beginning I wouldn't make it all the way through but when I succeeded for the first 4 weeks I thought I was in it to win it.

And then Christmas happened. It was so hard to get motivated over this break. Not to mention the major amount of food I consumed. I'm sure whatever progress I did make went down the crapper as soon as Christmas Eve and our plethora of appetizers came around. I forgot how good cream cheese is. lol. Well...just cheese in general, really. And dinner?? With the mac and cheese and corn pudding?? Ugh. Divine.

So needless to say I failed. Again. I'm pretty sure there are more posts labeled "failure" than any other posts in this blog. lol.

One good thing that came out of break was the amount of time I got to go to the gym. I know I talked about it a little but I really really love going to the gym. Even if it's cardio....and I hate cardio. Something about being around other people holds you accountable for what you're doing. Can't look like a little puss out there lifting light and everyone knowing you can do better. Mike proved that to me over break. He pushed me. Hard. And I did more than I thought I could.

I think I always knew I wasn't a "workout video" kind of person. I mean honestly, I could have just told you guys that I did the work and really sat on my tush with a margarita. But I'm proud I prooved to myself I can do it...even if I didn't really succeed. lol.

I'm working on a way to get to the gym more often. I know that's the only way I'm truly going to feel comfortable with this journey. I can always do a video here and there, it's just the errryday thing I can't handle. Too much pressure.

Mike was a sweetie and waited for me to get home from work yesterday to go to the gym with me. Working out with him honestly gives me a ton of joy. I know....I'm corny...but it makes me feel great to know he's proud of me. He's my favorite person to impress. Plus, he shows me new moves and helps me perfect them for when I go alone. I know he's not always going to be able to wait for me, and I don't expect him to, but he honestly is the best workout partner I could ask for. (Even if we do get beer and Chinese takeout after the gym......like last night...)

I'm still working though, and I know I can do it. It just might take a while to get myself back into that mindset from last year. I know I can't change my lifestyle cold turkey, and I have to accept that and make this something that will last.